Directing Televison and Film

PART 1. THE BASICS CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS A DIRECTOR? = 2 The Director Emerges = 4 What Is a Director? = 6 The Director at Work = 10 Characteristics of Good Directors = 20 Where Directors Come From = 24 Chapter Highlights = 26 CHAPTER 2. ELEMENTS OF ENTERTAINMENT = 28 Pleasure = 30 Information = 42 Escape = 44 Companionship = 45 About Entertainment—A Postscript = 49 Chapter Highlights = 50 CHAPTER 3. THINKING VISUALLY = 52 Visual Composition = 54 Balance = 54 Dominance = 64 Rhythm = 74 Reading a Picture = 78 Acquiring a Visual Sense = 80 Chapter Highlights = 82 PART2. DIRECTING FICTION CHAPTER 4. WHERE DRAMA BEGINS: THE SCRIPT = 86 A Person with a Problem = 88 Script Progression = 92 Drama Versus Real Life = 92 Conflict = 96 Dialog = 99 Economy = 99 A Director's Checklist = 107 Chapter Highlights = 107 CHAPTER 5. FINDING THE CHARACTERS = 170 A Director's Notes = 111 How Character Is Revealed = 116 Wearing Masks = 120 Transferring the Character to Tape or Film = 120 Chapter Highlights = 124 CHAPTER 6. STAGING THE ACTOR = 126 Where Staging Originates = 128 Externalizing Thoughts or Emotions = 128 Business = 130 Revealing Inner Thoughts = 132 Internal Motivations = 132 External Motivations = 135 Symbolic Relationships = 140 Blocking Camera to Actors = 142 Blocking Actors to Camera = 142 Preparation = 143 Chapter Highlights = 150 CHAPTER 7. STAGING THE CAMERA = 152 Covering the Action = 153 Creating Appropriate Emphasis = 172 Creating Mood and Atmosphere = 182 Chapter Highlights = 192 CHAPTER 8. KEEPING THEM IN SUSPENSE = 196 The Nature of Fear = 197 Hitchcock Techniques = 200 Script Aspects of Suspense = 203 The Essence of Suspense = 207 Chapter Highlights = 209 PART 3. DIRECTING NONFICTION CHAPTER 9. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: THE INTERVIEW = 212 The Interviewer = 213 The Interview Spectrum = 218 The Martha McCuller Show = 231 Chapter Highlights = 236 CHAPTER 10. SHOW AND TELL: DEMONSTRATION = 238 Creating Spectator Interest = 239 Elements of Demonstration = 241 Two Demonstration Programs = 246 Chapter Highlights = 254 CHAPTER 11. THE NEWS PROGRAM = 256 The Elements = 258 The Director at Work = 265 Chapter Highlights = 273 CHAPTER 12. "AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR": COMMERCIALS = 276 What Do Commercials Sell? = 278 The Production Pattern = 279 Production Techniques = 292 Chapter Highlights = 296 CHAPTER 13. THE MUSICAL PROGRAM = 298 Preparation: Knowing the Score = 300 Camera and Editing = 302 Dramatizing the Music = 310 Studio Versus Location = 314 Chapter Highlights = 316 Books That May Be Helpful = 318 Glossary = 320 Index = 329

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